Empire State Building Incidents

Empire State Building Incidents

A body lies on the sidewalk near the Empire State Building after a shooting, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. At least four people were shot by the suspect, a disgruntled recently-fired worker, who was quickly shot dead by police.

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Empire State Building Incidents

A body lies on the sidewalk near the Empire State Building after a shooting, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. At least four people were shot by the suspect, a disgruntled recently-fired worker, who was quickly shot dead by police.

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Empire State Building Incidents

In all at least eight people were injured in the attack with their injuries said to be non-life threatening.

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Empire State Building Incidents

Members of the medical examiners office remove the body of a man who plunged to his death from the 34th street side of the Empire State Building, Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in New York. The apparent suicide came as tourists and officer workers milled around the famous skyscraper during the evening rush hour.

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Empire State Building Incidents

An unidentified rescuer carries an infant from the Empire State Building to a waiting ambulance after a gunman shot several tourists on the 86th floor observation deck Sunday, Feb. 23, 1997, then turned the gun on himself.

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Empire State Building Incidents

An unidentified man writhes in pain on the projecting roof on 30th floor of the Empire State Building after leaping from a 33rd floor office window moments earlier, July 16, 1951. Police said he sceamed, "let me die-- push me off the rest of the way!" After emergency treatment he was taken to Columbus Hospital where he was in serious condition.

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Empire State Building Incidents

A B-25 bomber slammed into the Empire State Building under heavy fog July 28, 1945, between the 79th and 80th floors. One engine shot through the building, landing a block away. 14 people were killed in the accident. The incident also inadvertently set a world record-- elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver survived a 75-story plunge in her elevator, a record which still stands.